Digital detox is when you take some much needed time away from the technological clutter that consumes your everyday life. Think of it as fasting from your phone, computer, and television. It has become somewhat of a cult phenomenon recently, with stories of people successfully unplugging and finding out there’s more to life, and more to socializing with others. For me, personally, I’d love to escape to an electricity-free cabin far away from civilization, where I must fend for myself and live simply, where all I have is a pen and paper to write my memoirs. But what once was a natural trait in all human beings, the ability to live off the land solely from what we grew or gamed, has long gone and nearly everyone in the world would need training to refresh their inner survivalist. I think it would be a life-changing, humbling and self-proving experience to be able to last a week or longer, in the wild, with nothing but a few basic supplies.

Yes even I would like to try this. Once I travelled to a remote village in India and thought I would be cut off from mobile, electricity etc but they had good access to electricity and mobile. But still it was fun in the nature among the greenery, mountains, birds and animals. The only sound I could hear was of birds. No vehicles, no horns :)

I actually shut down every single Saturday between 9 and 5. It was really difficult to do at first. Every other thought was "I should go onto Facebook... and... no wait a minute... don't" but once you are used to it, it really is healing to take time away from our digital lives and spend the day doing something just for you. Great post and blog Brandon. I look forward to reading more.

You are so right! Love the Chicago skyline picture. If you need ideas for what to visit in this city check one of my Architecture Guides http://duranvirginia.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/architecture-planning-a-trip-to-chicago/

Lovely Brandon, and so true. It is how we lived back in the day. We forget how much "noise" we are bombarded with in the digital world. The detox also makes us deal with our instant gratification issues and accept that at some level, we are all addicted to social media that is not really as meaningful as we like to think it is. Happy detox

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